The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-23
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

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1t is bad for young trees to have
wheat, oats or clover growing about
their roots. Keep the ground clean by
the use of the hoe.
When q hot dish is to be brought
to the table covered, always have the
cover well heated, which prevents the
condensation of steam in the lid.
TO Polish Tinware: First rub with
a damp cloth, then take dry flour and
rub on with hands, afterwards rub the
-four off with an old newspaper, and
the tin will shine like new.-Household
Delicious Breakfast Cake. One
egg, one cup of milk, two cups flour.
one and one-half tablespoonsfuls melt
ed butter, one-half teaspoonful soda,
one teaspoonful cream tartar, n
tablespoonful sugar.-Good Cheer.
Prof. L. B. Arnold says butter
keeps best, and is fresh and sweet
longer, when graduated in the churn
and freed from buttermilk by working.
It should then be soaked in supersatur-
ated brine at SO degrees for half an
hour, and packed at once Yithout
working.
-Gooseberry Jam: Stew the berries
in a little water, then strain through a
sieve and return to the preserving
kettle, adding three quarters of a pound
of sugar to each pound of stewed fruit,
and let it boil until it will harden when
a little is exposed to the air upon a
spoon.-Erchange.
Ornamental Frosting: For this
purpose use a small syringe, draw it
full of the icing and work in any de-
| sign you may fancy. Wheels, Grecian
border, flowers, or borders of beading
look well. In the absence of a syringe.
the icing may be applied through a
sheet Of stiff writing paper. rolled or
folded into the form of a funnel.-Ir-
dianapolis Sentinel.
Keep an eye on the markets. Don't
pay more than market rates for what
you have to buy. Get the full value
for what you have to sell. A farmer
has a right to be as much a business
man as a merchant or a manufacturer.
After earning money by raising a good
thing, don't lose it by lack of knowing
what its value is, and then not getting
it-Ow Country Home.
Why not have hoe-handles fat OF
oval, like axe-handlesp With such a
handle the workman can strike more
accurately and SO work nearer the
plants, because the hoe will not turn in
his hands. The edge will wear evenly
and the hoe last longer than with the
old round handle. The wrist is not SC
soon tired nor the hands cramped witt
the fiat handle. When you come tt
repair the old hoes put an oval handle
in one of them.-Fdrm Journal.
1t is not generally best to keep al
kinds of stock in the same pasture
field, but observingf farmers have found
that it pays to change stock occasion
ally during the grass season. The ides
in doing so is that one kind of stock
may like the kind of grass that another
may not eat. The sheep may eat jus
what cattle or horses may leave, ant
vice versa 1t is worth taking
into consideration by those who wish
to get the most good out of their pas
tures.-St. Louis Republican.
-Slceplessness: Rise early, exercis
freely in the open air, and do not sleel
in the daytime. Eat light suppers
and retire at a regular hour. Spong
the body with tepid water, and ru'
briskly with a coarse towel. White
night clothes should be made of fan
mel. sufficiently long to v the fee
and prevent contact with cold sheets
Do not give a child paregoric Oh sooth
ing syrups for sleeplessness or fretful
ness. Sedatives should never be ad
ministered, except by the advice of
physician.-Farm, Field and Stool